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  [Center for New Television infomercial]

  Chicago, NHPRC, Studs Terkel

  00:00 Color bars and tone. 00:40 Opening text about the tape (ie it promotes the CNTV, it is not the final edit, etc). 00:50 Clips of famous Chicago television programs, like “Studs’ Place.” We see clips of community television created at the Center. Narrated by Studs Terkel. 02:00 Studs Terkel comes on screen and promotes the Center. We see clips of people learning at the Center. We see Edie Adams at a CNTV benefit. We also learn that the Center […]

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  Time Out, episode 107

  Chicago, Sports, Time Out

  This tape features a 1984 episode of “Time Out,” a weekly sports program that is hosted by a number of Chicago area journalists and sportscasters. This week’s commentators are John Schulian of the Chicago Sun-Times, Kenny McReynolds, a WBMX Sportscaster and Assistant Coach for DePaul University’s Men’s Basketball team, WIND reporter Fran Spielman, and former NBA star John Mengelt.

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  America: Personal Conversations with Dennis Wholey, show #128

  NHPRC, Studs Terkel

  Dennis Wholey interviews Studs Terkel. Among the topics are Studs’ background, his books, racism, and general trends in American politics.

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  [Television Academy interview with Studs Terkel, part 2]

  NHPRC, Studs Terkel

  This is a continuation of a raw interview with Studs Terkel.

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  [Studs On A Soapbox raw: Mirko #1]

  Chicago, NHPRC, Studs Terkel, Tom Weinberg

  Raw footage of an interview for the program “Studs On A Soapbox.” Tom Weinberg interviews Studs Terkel on his back porch at his residence in Chicago. The two discuss a variety of subjects including but not limited to: Terkel’s early days in Chicago, Terkel’s driving work ethic, author Nelson Algren, and Terkel’s current projects at the time.

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  [Studs Terkel in two industrial films]

  Chicago, NHPRC, Studs Terkel

  Two industrial films from the 1940s and ’50s that feature Studs Terkel. In “Beginning to Date” (1953) Terkel plays a high school diving instructor and offers advice to students on proper dating etiquette. The second film on this tape, “No Vacancies” (1946), is about the crisis that plagued many returning WWII soldiers who could not afford housing. Terkel is the narrator in this piece.

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  Image Union: An Extraordinary Joe

  Chicago, Image Union

  Image Union’s tribute to Joe Cummings.

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  [Inside Spring Training raw #26]

  Bill Veeck, Chicago, Sports

  Raw footage shot for a Chicago White Sox 1978 Spring Training documentary entitled, “Inside Spring Training.” Sunday Night #2. Escapades.